Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
By: Jill Fredston
3.32
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jill Fredston has traveled more than twenty thousand miles of the Arctic and sub-Arctic-backwards. …
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1. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
By: Hampton Sides
4.27
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
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"We live in weary suspense," DeLong wrote. "Wintering in the pack may be a thrilling thing to read about alongside a warm fire, but the actual thing is sufficient to make any man prematurely old."-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
"When De Long arrived in California with Emma that May, he went straight down to the yard and feasted his eyes upon his new ship. He was smitten by the transformation that had taken place during his a…"-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
2. Annapurna: A Woman's Place
By: Maurice Herzog , Arlene Blum
4.18
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalaya to make history as the fir… read more
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3. Kon-Tiki: Across The Pacific In A Raft
By: Thor Heyerdahl
4.39
Format: None pages, Paperback
Five men in search of a mythical hero journey from Peru to Polynesia in this classic account of nau… read more
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- nonfiction
4. The Wild Truth: A Memoir
By: Carine McCandless
4.16
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
The spellbinding story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings, hitchhiked to Alaska, walked… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- adventure
5. Anatomy of a Murder
By: Robert Traver
3.71
Format: 656 pages,
First published by St. Martin's in 1958, Robert Traver's Anatomy of a Murderimmediately became the … read more
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6. Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
By: Jennifer Niven
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Ice Mastercomes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survive… read more
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- travel
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7. Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
By: Dava Sobel
3.97
Format: 384 pages,
Dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishment of a mythic figure whose seventeenth-centu… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
8. A Woman in the Polar Night
By: Christiane Ritter
4.88
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
For most of us, the Arctic conjures up images of freezing and forsaken solitude. Hence, Austrian pa… read more
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- nature
9. Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
By: Jill Fredston
3.32
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jill Fredston has traveled more than twenty thousand miles of the Arctic and sub-Arctic-backwards. … read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- outdoors
- nature
10. Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
By: Joshua Foer , Dylan Thuras , Ella Morton , None
3.92
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscuracelebrates over 600 of the strangest and … read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- adventure
11. A Long Trek Home: 4,000 Miles by Boot, Raft and Ski
By: Erin McKittrick
2.50
Format: 52 pages,
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12. To The Bright Edge of the World
By: Eowyn Ivey
4.05
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Set again in the Alaskan landscape that she bought to stunningly vivid life in The Snow Child, Eowy… read more
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13. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
By: Jon Krakauer
4.38
Format: 234 pages,
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14. Daughters of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #2)
By: Kate Quinn
3.76
Format: 205 pages,
A.D. 69. Nero is dead. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. With bloodshed spilling out of the pa… read more
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15. Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
By: Scott Jurek , Steve Friedman
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force--and darling--in the grueling and gro… read more
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16. The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Astonishing Dialogue Taking Place in Our Bodies Impacts Health, Weight, and Mood
By: Emeran Mayer
4.20
Format: None pages, ebook
Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with the latest discoveries on the human microbiome, a practica… read more
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17. Rough Sleepers
By: Tracy Kidder
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In Rough Sleepers, Tracy Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story o… read more
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- biography
- memoir
18. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
19. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
By: Melissa L. Sevigny
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more
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- biography
- nature
- adventure
20. Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions
By: Michael Moss
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Michael Moss uses the latest research on addiction to uncover what the scientific and medical commu… read more
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21. The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition
In this latest installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Mma Ramotswe is te… read more
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"Never try to reach a conclusion before you reach the conclusion."-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)
"There were times, she thought, when 'ah' said everything that needed to be said"-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)
"We have always asked too much of women in this country. They hold up the sky on their shoulders."-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)
"People had to be left to make their own mistakes, even if the rest of us could see quite clearly the dangers that lay ahead."-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)
22. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
By: Kirk Wallace Johnson
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twen… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
23. Margarettown
By: Gabrielle Zevin
3.48
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
Margarettown... is a person, a place, a love story. It could be about anyone--you, your parents, yo… read more
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"All women are many women! I'm afraid you've never known very much about women."-Gabrielle Zevin, Margarettown
"People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men."-Gabrielle Zevin, Margarettown
"The casualities seemed to go on and on. Just when I thought I was done losing her, I would find yet another way to love her all over again."-Gabrielle Zevin, Margarettown
"There's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt let me know I was still alive."-Gabrielle Zevin, Margarettown
24. All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience
By: Jay Wellons
4.44
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“The surgical interventions in these pages are dizzying, but the fact that Jay Wellons can write as… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
25. A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey
By: Jonathan Meiburg
4.18
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey … read more
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- nature
26. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk
By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe
4.14
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of… read more
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- biography
- memoir
27. The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
By: Caroline Van Hemert
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Paci… read more
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- memoir
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- travel
- nonfiction
- outdoors
- nature
"In life, we're always closer to the edge than we like to admit, never guaranteed our next breath, never sure of what will follow this moment. We're human. We're vulnerable. With love comes the risk o…"-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
"About Northern Wheatears: ...birds from Alaska flew nine thousand miles to Kenya; those from Canada crossed the Atlantic to spend the winter in Mauritania. For young birds, just a few weeks old, this…"-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
28. Behind You Is the Sea
By: Susan Muaddi Darraj
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more
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29. Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
By: Sara Dykman
3.85
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award Sara Dykman made history when she became the first … read more
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- nature
"If all of us committed to one footprint of land...the world would be a better place."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
"We call government support to farmers "subsidies." Support for poor people is instead referred to as "welfare."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
"Monarch Watch estimates that each day, 6,000 acres of Monarch breeding habitat in the United States are converted to something else."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
"When I was young, I would ride my bike until I was lost...the realization that I could get where I was going on my own, under my own power, unclocked a bigger world for me."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
30. The Tale Teller (Leaphorn & Chee, #23)
By: Anne Hillerman
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn takes center stage in this riveting atmospheric … read more
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31. Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
By: Margaret Willson
3.93
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A notorious crime, a lone woman fighting for equality, and the thrills of the wide-open sea A da… read more
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"We are survivors, harboring all the acquiring insights strengths and scars that word implies."-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
"She had the courage to retain compassion, the intelligence and strength to grow wisdom. This is the meaning of resilience."-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
"He dreamed of this day as he'd listened to his foster mother, Sesselja, and grandmother Ingibjörg tell of their sea adventures with the great Captain Thuridur. Their stories he knew were true because…"-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
